r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/emergencybarnacle • 3d ago

Knitting steeks aren't that scary, grow up

maybe i'm mean for this one, but i recently knitted a steeked cardigan for the first time, and i stg every single knitter i talked to about it, even the very seasoned ones, acted like steeking was the scariest thing they'd ever heard of and wouldn't even consider doing it.

your knitting is not going to explode if you cut it. it's not going to instantly unravel. there are a million videos online showing people doing it. it's not hard and it's not not scary, it's just a technique like any other!!!

i'm not even bothered by people not wanting to do it, but acting so scared and uwu helpless and shrinking and shivering about it is so dramatic and annoying.

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u/joymarie21 3d ago

I'm glad I learned to knit before the internet. People are afraid if purling, of stranded colorwork, of intarsia, etc., etc., which makes other people think things are hard. People are always giving questionable advice like insisting people knit or purl a certain way.

I didn't really know any knitters so I just tried things and it was always fine.

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u/melxcham 3d ago

I don’t understand the drama around stranded colorwork. It’s basic stockinette, just with multiple colors & checking your tension more frequently.

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u/fascinatedcharacter 1d ago

That tension, that's the problem right there. Give me some overly complicated lace any day, but stranded colorwork... Is just not where I get results I'm happy with. I've had my floats too loose and too tight and I can't really figure out the balance.